Fastened Like Nails

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Fastened Like Nails episodes

August 11, 2025 Finding Fulfillment Feat. The Book of Ecclesiastes
“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” Sound familiar? Most know this phrase from Ecclesiastes, but few explore its deeper message. In this episode of Fastened Like Nails, Dr. Mark Hamby uncovers the true heart of Ecclesiastes—not vanity, but words. Through its poetic structure and purposeful repetition, Ecclesiastes reveals that fulfillment is found by following the Word. When life feels empty, the path to joy begins at the cross—where bitterness turns to hope, and questions find their answers. Discover what it means to be made clean through the Word. Tune in and see Ecclesiastes with fresh eyes.
17 min
August 03, 2025 The Extinction of the Saber-Tooth Tiger
Do you have saber-tooth tigers in your church?
If you answered no, think again! On today’s episode of Fastened Like Nails, Dr. Mark Hamby draws a powerful parallel between these great cats and the congregations in some of our very own churches. The saber-tooth tiger is believed to have wiped out its own species due to incessant infighting. Sadly, the fate of the sabertooths is often mirrored in churches today. Conflict and strife are infesting more and more congregations every day.
How can we learn to avoid these deadly conflicts and help our churches thrive? Tune in to the newest episode of Fastened Like Nails to find out!
20 min
July 28, 2025 Let God's Creatures be the Teachers Part 2
“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His hand at work.” Join Mark as he presents God’s animal kingdom through the lens of well – known scriptures and wonderfully unique – and amusing – shepherding experiences. Discover how God’s creatures become the teachers! Be inspired, refreshed, and encouraged to glorify God by enjoying Him!
33 min
July 21, 2025 Let God's Creatures be Teachers ~ Part 1
“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His hand at work.” Join Dr. Hamby as he presents God’s animal kingdom through the lens of well–known scriptures and wonderfully unique (and amusing) shepherding experiences. Discover how God’s creatures become the teachers!
May you be inspired, refreshed, and encouraged to glorify God by enjoying Him!
27 min
July 14, 2025 Territorial Tyrants
No one likes to be sick. Even a minor cold can derail your weekly plans. But what if you had a chronic illness, a disease that would not release its grip on you. Today on Fastened Like Nails, Dr. Mark Hamby brings to our attention the struggles and dangers of chronic illness, or any trial that strives to consume us. These ‘Territorial Tyrants’ can dominate our lives, ruin our plans, and ultimately, tear away our joy. Where is God when we’re suffering? Why doesn’t He simply set us free from these tyrants so we can do His work? Perhaps it is because life’s most painful moments are what bring us to our knees before Him. Tune in today and learn how God can use even these territorial tyrants to bring Him the ultimate glory.
17 min
July 07, 2025 Woven Strands of Happiness
With all the unrest in our world, happiness is hard to come by. But God has something far better for his children! God calls us to be holy, but He also calls us to be happy. It just may not look how we think it should.
On today’s episode of Fastened Like Nails, Dr. Mark Hamby delves into the Psalms to show us the key to true happiness. The secret? Strong, straight rope! While baffling at first glance, the idea of something being straight (or righteous) is integral to living in the happiness God desires for us. Tune in and find out how you can weave the strands of happiness into your own life.
13 min
June 30, 2025 Walk While There is Light
Life has its fair share of surprises. Sometimes they’re filled with joy, but sometimes they can be deeply painful. These events can take our lives by storm, diverting our attention from what God may be calling us to do. In this episode of Fastened Like Nails, Dr. Mark Hamby spurs us to “walk while there is light” and follow the Lord’s leading. Unpacking John 11:9, we are shown Jesus' amazing intention behind this verse. Let’s not get distracted. Walk while there is light and see what Jesus can do in your life!
17 min
June 23, 2025 Expect the Unexpected
Timing is everything. From everyday tasks to life altering moments, time permeates our lives. And the Bible has much to say on the topic, but nowhere quite like Ecclesiastes 3.
In this episode of Fastened Like Nails, Dr. Mark Hamby guides us through the iconic “A Time for Everything” passage. Like a gallery of exquisite paintings, this passage depicts many of the desirable or undesirable experiences in our world. And hidden in it all, there is beautiful symmetry…or is there?
Things are not always as they seem—especially when God has His say in the matter. Tune in and find how even when our lives fall apart, God can make everything beautiful in His time.
20 min
June 15, 2025 Out of Order
In this episode, Dr. Mark Hamby invites us on a journey into Jesus’ encounter with the rich young ruler of Matthew 18. As we move through this passage, we are shown how Jesus uses the Ten Commandments to unearth the real issue in the young man’s heart: covetousness. But due to his suffocating grip on his wealth, the young man finds himself unable to surrender.
Dr. Hamby appeals to us to examine the deepest parts of ourselves: are we willing to release our grip and follow Christ?
22 min
June 09, 2025 Born Again Dirt Feat. Noah Sanders
On today’s episode of Fastened Like Nails, we dig into a rich and practical topic: how Christians should approach agriculture. Summer Guild teacher Noah Sanders joins us to explore what it means to let God speak into farming—and how we can look to Him as the Master Farmer.
Through powerful parallels between the garden and the Christian life, Noah shares how God's way of farming promotes life, in contrast to the death-driven methods often found in modern commercial agriculture. What does it mean to farm like Christ—and live like Him too?
43 min

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The mission of Lamplighter Ministries is “to make ready a people prepared for the Lord, by building Christ-like character one story at a time.” The mission of this ministry is deeply rooted in the truths found in Malachi 4:6 and Luke 1:17. The gospel writer Luke quotes from Malachi 4:6 in his first chapter. His handling of the text is peculiar because he leaves out part of the quote and adds a sentence that changes the entire meaning of Malachi’s text. In Malachi we read: “To turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” In Luke we read: “To turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” The first part of this verse is identical in both passages. The second part, “turning the hearts of the children to their fathers” is similar to “turning the disobedient to the wisdom of the just.” It appears that Luke is emphasizing that children’s hearts (the disobedient) will turn to their fathers, if their fathers’ hearts become righteous and worthy. The last part of the verse in Malachi, “lest I come and smite the earth with a curse,” has been deleted and new text has been added, thus changing the meaning. Generally, the New Testament writers will change an Old Testament text to help clarify the intended meaning, but here Luke changes the meaning of the text entirely. Whereas the Old Testament closes out with the word “curse” and a strict warning, the New Testament closes out with hope and an emphasis on grace—“the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all, Amen.” By Divine design the Old Testament closes in “curse” and the New Testament closes with “grace.” When Luke the physician quotes Malachi 4:6 and removes the curse, I believe he was adding that which is at the heart of Christian discipleship—“making ready a people prepared for the Lord.”